George "Gabby" Hayes
George Hayes is an American character actor, the most famous of Western-movie sidekicks of the 1930s and 1940s. He worked in a circus and played semi-pro baseball while a teenager. In 1914, he married Olive Ireland and the pair became successful on the vaudeville circuit. Retired in his forties, he lost much of his money in the 1929 stock market crash and was forced to return to work. He played scores of roles in Westerns and non-Westerns alike, finally in the mid-1930s settling in to an almost exclusively Western career. He gained fame as Hopalong Cassidy's sidekick Windy Halliday in films between 1936 and 1939. Leaving the Cassidy films in a salary dispute, he was legally precluded from using the Windy nickname, and so took on the sobriquet Gabby, and was so billed from about 1940. In his early films, he alternated between whiskered comic-relief sidekicks and clean-shaven bad guys, but by the later 1930s, he worked almost exclusively as a Western sidekick to stars such as John Wayne, Roy Rogers, and Randolph Scott. After his last film in 1950, he starred as the host of The Gabby Hayes Show. He died on February 9, 1969.
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- Born:
- May 7, 1885 In Wellsville, New York, United States
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 162
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Big News 1929-09-06
- Latest Project:
- Movie Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch 1976-05-01
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch | (archive footage) | 1976-05-01 |
| Movie | Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? | (archive footage) | 1975-08-06 |
| Series | The Dinah Shore Chevy Show | Unknown | 1956-10-05 |
| Movie | The Cariboo Trail | Grizzly | 1950-08-01 |
| Series | The Gabby Hayes Show | Himself | 1950-12-11 |
| Movie | El Paso | Sheriff La Farge | 1949-03-22 |
| Movie | Albuquerque | Juke | 1948-02-20 |
| Movie | The Untamed Breed | Windy Lucas | 1948-10-20 |
| Movie | Return of the Bad Men | John Pettit (as George 'Gabby' Hayes) | 1948-07-17 |
| Movie | Trail Street | Deputy Billy Burns | 1947-02-19 |
| Movie | Wyoming | Windy Gibson | 1947-07-28 |
| Movie | Rainbow Over Texas | Sheriff 'Gabby' Whittaker | 1946-05-09 |
| Movie | My Pal Trigger | Gabby Kendrick | 1946-07-10 |
| Movie | Song of Arizona | Gabby Whittaker | 1946-03-08 |
| Movie | Badman's Territory | Honest Jim Badger / The Coyote Kid | 1946-05-04 |
| Movie | Under Nevada Skies | Gabby Whittaker | 1946-08-26 |
| Movie | Home in Oklahoma | Gabby Whittaker | 1946-10-18 |
| Movie | Heldorado | Gabby Whittaker | 1946-12-15 |
| Movie | Roll on Texas Moon | Gabby Whittaker | 1946-09-12 |
| Movie | Bells of Rosarita | Gabby Whittake | 1945-06-19 |
| Movie | Man from Oklahoma | Gabby Whittaker | 1945-07-01 |
| Movie | Utah | Gabby Wittaker | 1945-03-21 |
| Movie | Along the Navajo Trail | Gabby Whittaker | 1945-09-15 |
| Movie | Don't Fence Me In | Gabby Whittaker, aka Wildcat Kelly | 1945-10-20 |
| Movie | Sunset in El Dorado | Gabby | 1945-09-29 |
| Movie | Tucson Raiders | 'Gabby' Hopkins | 1944-05-14 |
| Movie | Mojave Firebrand | Gabby Hayes | 1944-03-19 |
| Movie | Hidden Valley Outlaws | Gabby Hayes | 1944-04-01 |
| Movie | Marshal of Reno | Gabby | 1944-07-02 |
| Movie | Tall in the Saddle | Dave | 1944-09-29 |
| Movie | The Big Bonanza | Hap Selby | 1944-12-30 |
| Movie | Lights of Old Santa Fe | Gabby Whittaker | 1944-11-06 |
| Movie | Bordertown Gun Fighters | Gabby Hayes | 1943-07-08 |
| Movie | Wagon Tracks West | Gabby | 1943-08-18 |
| Movie | The Man from Thunder River | Gabby Whittaker | 1943-06-11 |
| Movie | Calling Wild Bill Elliott | Gabby Hayes | 1943-04-30 |
| Movie | Overland Mail Robbery | Gabby | 1943-11-20 |
| Movie | In Old Oklahoma | Despirit Dean (stage driver) | 1943-12-06 |
| Movie | Death Valley Manhunt | Gabby Hayes | 1943-11-25 |
| Movie | Sunset on the Desert | Gabby Whittaker | 1942-04-01 |
| Movie | South of Santa Fe | Gabby Whittaker | 1942-02-17 |
| Movie | Romance on the Range | Gabby | 1942-05-18 |
| Movie | Man from Cheyenne | Gabby Whittaker | 1942-01-16 |
| Movie | Sons of the Pioneers | Gabby Whittaker | 1942-07-02 |
| Movie | Heart of the Golden West | Gabby | 1942-11-16 |
| Movie | Ridin' Down the Canyon | Gabby | 1942-12-30 |
| Movie | Sunset Serenade | Gabby | 1942-09-14 |
| Movie | Sheriff of Tombstone | Gabby | 1941-05-07 |
| Movie | Robin Hood of the Pecos | Gabriel Gabby Hornaday | 1941-01-14 |
| Movie | In Old Cheyenne | Arapaho Brown | 1941-04-04 |
| Movie | Nevada City | Gabby Chapman | 1941-06-19 |
| Movie | Bad Man of Deadwood | Prof. Mortimer 'Gabby' Blackstone | 1941-09-05 |
| Movie | Red River Valley | Gabby Whittaker | 1941-12-12 |
| Movie | Jesse James at Bay | Sheriff Gabby Whitaker | 1941-10-17 |
| Movie | Wagons Westward | Hardtack | 1940-06-19 |
| Movie | The Carson City Kid | Gabby | 1940-07-01 |
| Movie | Young Buffalo Bill | Gabby Whittaker | 1940-04-11 |
| Movie | Dark Command | Andrew 'Doc' Grunch | 1940-04-15 |
| Movie | Colorado | Gabby | 1940-09-15 |
| Movie | The Ranger and the Lady | Gabby Whittaker | 1940-07-30 |
| Movie | The Border Legion | Honest John Whittaker | 1940-12-05 |
| Movie | Young Bill Hickok | 'Gabby' Whitaker | 1940-10-21 |
| Movie | Melody Ranch | Pop Laramie | 1940-09-15 |
| Movie | Silver on the Sage | Windy Halliday | 1939-03-31 |
| Movie | Southward Ho! | Gabby Whitaker | 1939-03-19 |
| Movie | Fighting Thoroughbreds | Gramps Montrose | 1939-01-06 |
| Movie | Man of Conquest | Lannie Upchurch | 1939-05-15 |
| Movie | Let Freedom Ring | Pop Wilkie | 1939-02-24 |
| Movie | Sunset Trail | Windy Halliday | 1939-02-24 |
| Movie | Renegade Trail | Windy Halliday | 1939-07-25 |
| Movie | Saga of Death Valley | Gabby | 1939-11-17 |
| Movie | Days of Jesse James | Gabby | 1939-12-20 |
| Movie | In Old Caliente | Gabby | 1939-06-19 |
| Movie | The Arizona Kid | Gabby Whittaker | 1939-09-28 |
| Movie | In Old Monterey | Gabby Whittaker | 1939-08-14 |
| Movie | Wall Street Cowboy | Gabby | 1939-08-06 |
| Movie | Bar 20 Justice | Windy Halliday | 1938-06-24 |
| Movie | Gold Is Where You Find It | Enoch | 1938-02-12 |
| Movie | Heart of Arizona | Windy Halliday | 1938-04-22 |
| Movie | Pride of the West | Windy Halliday | 1938-07-07 |
| Movie | The Frontiersmen | Windy Halliday | 1938-12-16 |
| Movie | In Old Mexico | Windy Halliday | 1938-09-09 |
| Movie | Borderland | Windy Halliday | 1937-02-26 |
| Movie | North of the Rio Grande | Windy Halliday | 1937-06-28 |
| Movie | Hills of Old Wyoming | Windy Halliday | 1937-04-16 |
| Movie | Rustlers' Valley | Windy Halliday | 1937-07-23 |
| Movie | Texas Trail | Windy Halliday | 1937-11-26 |
| Movie | Hopalong Rides Again | Windy Halliday | 1937-08-20 |
| Movie | Call of the Prairie | Shanghai McHenry | 1936-03-06 |
| Movie | Song of the Trail | Dan Hobson | 1936-03-15 |
| Movie | Heart of the West | Windy Jenkins | 1936-02-24 |
| Movie | Valley of the Lawless | Grandpaw Jenkins (as George Hayes) | 1936-01-25 |
| Movie | Mr. Deeds Goes to Town | Farmer's Spokesman (uncredited) | 1936-04-09 |
| Movie | The Lawless Nineties | Major Carter | 1936-02-15 |
| Movie | I Married a Doctor | Train Station Agent | 1936-04-25 |
| Movie | The Plainsman | Breezy | 1936-11-16 |
| Movie | Three on the Trail | Windy Halliday | 1936-04-14 |
| Movie | Hopalong Cassidy Returns | Windy Halliday | 1936-10-16 |
| Movie | Trail Dust | Windy Halliday | 1936-12-11 |
| Movie | Valiant Is the Word for Carrie | Bearded Man | 1936-10-06 |
| Movie | The Texas Rangers | Judge Snow | 1936-08-28 |
| Movie | Smokey Smith | Blaze Bart | 1935-04-01 |
| Movie | Ladies Crave Excitement | McCloskey | 1935-06-21 |
| Movie | Rainbow Valley | George Hale | 1935-03-15 |
| Movie | Tombstone Terror | Soupy Baxter | 1935-04-24 |
| Movie | The Lost City | Butterfield | 1935-03-06 |
| Movie | Honeymoon Limited | Pinkham | 1935-07-01 |
| Movie | Death Flies East | Wotkyns | 1935-02-28 |
| Movie | The Outlaw Tamer | 1935-03-15 | |
| Movie | Swifty | 1935-12-12 | |
| Movie | The Eagle's Brood | Spike | 1935-10-25 |
| Movie | Hop-a-long Cassidy | Uncle Ben | 1935-08-23 |
| Movie | $1,000 a Minute | New Deal Watson | 1935-10-21 |
| Movie | Bar 20 Rides Again | Windy Halliday | 1935-12-06 |
| Movie | Texas Terror | Sheriff Ed Williams | 1935-10-17 |
| Movie | Tumbling Tumbleweeds | Dr. Parker (as George Hayes) | 1935-09-05 |
| Movie | Thunder Mountain | Foley | 1935-09-27 |
| Movie | City Limits | Charlie Carter | 1934-04-14 |
| Movie | Blue Steel | Sheriff Jake Withers | 1934-05-10 |
| Movie | House of Mystery | David Fells (as George Hayes) | 1934-03-30 |
| Movie | West of the Divide | 'Dusty' | 1934-02-15 |
| Movie | The Lucky Texan | Jake 'Grandy' Benson | 1934-01-22 |
| Movie | Mystery Liner | Joe, the Watchman | 1934-03-15 |
| Movie | The Man from Utah | Marshal George Higgins | 1934-05-15 |
| Movie | The Brand of Hate | Bill Larkins | 1934-11-02 |
| Movie | The Lawless Frontier | Dusty | 1934-11-22 |
| Movie | Monte Carlo Nights | Inspector Nick Gunby | 1934-05-20 |
| Movie | In Old Santa Fe | Cactus | 1934-11-15 |
| Movie | 'Neath the Arizona Skies | Matt Downing (as George Hayes) | 1934-12-05 |
| Movie | The Man from Hell | Banker Colonel Campbell | 1934-08-28 |
| Movie | The Star Packer | Matt Matlock | 1934-07-30 |
| Movie | The Gallant Fool | Dad Denton (as George Hayes) | 1933-05-28 |
| Movie | The Return of Casey Jones | Timothy Shine | 1933-05-24 |
| Movie | Breed of the Border | Chuck Wiggins | 1933-03-01 |
| Movie | The Sphinx | Detective Casey | 1933-06-01 |
| Movie | Trailing North | 1933-05-15 | |
| Movie | Galloping Romeo | Grizzly | 1933-08-04 |
| Movie | Ship of Wanted Men | Crewman (as George Hayes) | 1933-09-08 |
| Movie | Riders of Destiny | Charlie Denton | 1933-10-10 |
| Movie | Skyway | George Taylor | 1933-08-29 |
| Movie | Ranger's Code | 1933-08-14 | |
| Movie | Riders of the Desert | Hashknife Brooks | 1932-04-23 |
| Movie | The Man from Hell's Edges | Shamrock Cassidy | 1932-05-05 |
| Movie | Sally of the Subway | Police Lieutenant Paxton | 1932-01-15 |
| Movie | Winner Take All | Interne at Rosario Ranch (uncredited) | 1932-07-16 |
| Movie | Play Girl | Dance Hall Tobacconist (uncredited) | 1932-03-12 |
| Movie | Texas Buddies | Si Haller | 1932-10-18 |
| Movie | The Fighting Champ | Pete (as George Hayes) | 1932-12-15 |
| Movie | The Night Rider | Altoonie | 1932-08-22 |
| Movie | Wild Horse Mesa | Slack | 1932-11-25 |
| Movie | Klondike | Tom Ross (as George Hayes) | 1932-08-29 |
| Movie | The Stolen Jools | Projectionist | 1931-04-04 |
| Movie | Dirigible | Parade Official (uncredited) | 1931-02-01 |
| Movie | Big Business Girl | Hotel Clerk (uncredited) | 1931-06-12 |
| Movie | The Nevada Buckaroo | Cherokee | 1931-07-28 |
| Movie | Dragnet Patrol | Private Detective | 1931-12-14 |
| Movie | Cavalier of the West | Sheriff Bill Ryan | 1931-11-15 |
| Movie | Playing Around | Railroad Ticket-Seller | 1930-01-10 |
| Movie | She Who Gets Slapped | Poker Player | 1930-05-15 |
| Movie | Top Speed | Western Union Clerk | 1930-08-24 |
| Movie | For the Defense | Ben (the waiter) | 1930-07-19 |
| Movie | Big News | Reporter Hoffman (as George Hayes) | 1929-09-06 |